केत
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কেত (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬾᬢ (Balinese script)
- কেত (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰸𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑁂𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ကေတ (Burmese script)
- કેત (Gujarati script)
- ਕੇਤ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍇𑌤 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦺꦠ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂵𑂞 (Kaithi script)
- ಕೇತ (Kannada script)
- កេត (Khmer script)
- ເກຕ (Lao script)
- കേത (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡝᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘹𑘝 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠧᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧚𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐾𑐟 (Newa script)
- କେତ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢾꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆼𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖸𑖝 (Siddham script)
- කෙත (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩔𑩫 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚲𑚙 (Takri script)
- கேத (Tamil script)
- కేత (Telugu script)
- เกต (Thai script)
- ཀེ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒹𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨄𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From a Proto-Indo-Iranian *kétas (“desire”), probably a velarized formation related to चित् (cit, “to perceive; to intend”).[1] Compare Avestan 𐬛𐬏𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬐𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬀 (dūraēkaēta, “whose desire goes far away”), Armenian կետ (ket, “point, dot; post, office, station”).
The other senses appear to be semantic extensions of the "desire" sense, as manifestations of desire and intention (such as a mark or an apparition), though the "house" sense, if related, presumes a larger semantic shift than the other senses.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐ́j.tɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /keː.t̪ɐ/
Noun
केत • (kéta) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | केतः (kétaḥ) | केतौ (kétau) केता¹ (kétā¹) |
केताः (kétāḥ) केतासः¹ (kétāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | केतम् (kétam) | केतौ (kétau) केता¹ (kétā¹) |
केतान् (kétān) |
| instrumental | केतेन (kétena) | केताभ्याम् (kétābhyām) | केतैः (kétaiḥ) केतेभिः¹ (kétebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | केताय (kétāya) | केताभ्याम् (kétābhyām) | केतेभ्यः (kétebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | केतात् (kétāt) | केताभ्याम् (kétābhyām) | केतेभ्यः (kétebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | केतस्य (kétasya) | केतयोः (kétayoḥ) | केतानाम् (kétānām) |
| locative | केते (kéte) | केतयोः (kétayoḥ) | केतेषु (kéteṣu) |
| vocative | केत (kéta) | केतौ (kétau) केता¹ (kétā¹) |
केताः (kétāḥ) केतासः¹ (kétāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- संकेत (saṃketa)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kéta”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 399
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “केत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 308/3.